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MONDAY PODCAST Episode 36 > In this month’s edition of The Black Panel Podcast, the team talk Lollipop Chainsaw, Dishonored, Hard Reset, Shadows of the Damned, Hunted: The Demon’s Forge, the R18+ breakthrough, 3DS price cut, Gears of War 3 leak and much more! READ MORE
TUESDAY 1 REVIEW White Knight Chronicles II > Before I launch into this review, it may be an idea to provide some context. Whilst I have enjoyed the odd JRPG, I am by no means a fanatic. Final Fantasy and Breath of Fire are both series I remember fondly and thoroughly enjoyed progressing through. However, it has been some time since I was really impressed by a JRPG. Because of this, my approach to White Knight Chronicles II was somewhat wary. I was suspicious of the stagnated mechanics of a genre that had long lost its appeal to me. READ MORE
TUESDAY 2 NEW TRAILER Hard Reset > ‘PC exclusive’, two words that these days are rarer to find together than a good movie tie-in, yet that is exactly what Hard Reset is offering, PC exclusivity. Hard Reset is a FPS set in a distant future with all the usual futuristic trappings we, as gamers, have come to expect. Mechs, electric weapons and neon lights are clearly in abundance, making the setting seem very familiar to anyone who has played a video game in the last 10 years. READ MORE
WEDNESDAY REVIEW Infamous 2 > The release of the original Infamous title was, unfortunately, poorly timed. Becoming available at the same time as the game Prototype, many people either played one or the other, and a gaming battle of ‘which one is better’ ensued. This meant that many gamers spent more time watching these events unfold than playing the game itself, and thus Infamous was slightly overlooked. The release of the sequel however, could not be timed any better. With nothing of its calibre to rival it in popularity, Infamous 2 definitely has its moment to shine. READ MORE
THURSDAY NEWS nanoBITES 51 > United Front Games’ True Crime: Hong Kong is about to climb off the canvas. The game was cancelled by Activision earlier this year but, as reported by Gamasutra, Square Enix has acquired the rights to publish it under a different (as yet unrevealed) title. This is just one of the stories in this week’s edition of nanoBITES, our ongoing feature devoted to small but important news items. READ MORE
FRIDAY 1 JUST ANNOUNCED Borderlands 2 > Gearbox Software has confirmed that it working on a follow up to its popular first person looter Borderlands. Released in 2009, the original featured a desolate sci-fi setting, solid shooter mechanics, distinctive cell-shaded art, substantial post release DLC and, most famously, an almost infinite variety of guns. The sequel will feature new “skills, environments, enemies, weapons and equipment” as well as “several new character classes”. READ MORE
FRIDAY 2 JUST ANNOUNCED Xenoblade Chronicles > A month after Nintendo of America revealed that it had no plans to localise Xenoblade Chronicles, the publisher’s Australian arm confirmed that the game will be released on Thursday 1 September. As with the previous ‘Xeno’ branded titles, this latest fantasy RPG was developed by Monolith Soft. READ MORE
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